In Brief

BOULDER CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

Plane crash victim identified as 45-year-old Arizona man

The man killed when his small plane crashed near the Boulder City Municipal Airport has been identified as 45-year-old Brett Beuckens of Queen Creek, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix.

Authorities said his Beechcraft BE35 Bonanza was en route to Henderson from Deer Valley Airport in Phoenix when it crashed about 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Boulder City spokeswoman Rose Ann Miele said the pilot was above Lake Mead when he made a distress call saying he was running out fuel.

DOMESTIC DISPUTE

Authorities identify victim, allege fiancee killed him

The man who was stabbed to death during a weekend domestic dispute in his northeast valley home has been identified as 24-year-old Larry Box.

Las Vegas police arrested his fiancee, 23-year-old Jessica Carter, on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon.

According to her arrest report, Carter came home with Box to their house on the 3900 block of Gulliver Street, near Alexander and Walnut roads, about 1 a.m. Sunday. Carter told investigators that her sister was in the house watching Carter's children, the report said. An argument occurred, and she told police that Box grabbed her by the throat and punched her in the face.

The sister tried to intervene to stop the fight, but Box turned on her and began striking her, according to the report. Carter then grabbed a knife from the kitchen and confronted Box. She told him to stop hitting her sister and swung the knife at him.

INTERSTATE 40 CRASH

Passengers killed in accident were Colorado residents

The Department of Public Safety has identified two Colorado residents who were killed in a weekend traffic accident in northwest Arizona.

Damon Johnson, 19, of Pine, Colo., and Katelyn Henning, 20, of Littleton, Colo., died in the 6:57 a.m. crash Saturday.

Johnson and Henning were passengers in a westbound 2003 Nissan that left Interstate 40 and rolled six miles west of Kingman. The driver was treated for minor injuries. A third passenger was flown to a Las Vegas hospital for treatment.

HENDERSON GOVERNMENT

Council meeting rescheduled

The Henderson City Council has rescheduled its second meeting of the month. The meeting slated for today has been postponed until 7 p.m. March 23 so council members can participate in the National League of Cities conference this week in Washington, D.C.